The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-02

This was not received as aaubssitute
Meesss. Hubbard and Caldwell spoke Of
length on the merits OF the two com panies
The committee Adjourned about 10 sc
o'clock till Thureday evening, after order.
ing the Wheeling Company's ordinance
printed. s. i e z. n
IN TIE BROOKE COUNTY Hi LIS.
Quiet Country Life ut Old Bothnny- Som.
Old Time "Reminiscences.
| 10 the Editor Of The JntG.ltcalccr.
GlR:-As it is not often that anything
appears in your columns from this part O
the Panhandle,1 thought I would d.ol
you few lines. OF course you know tina
Bethany is very quiet country place a
this time Of the year. It IL not 3 tumnl
tuous place at any season, hut during tht
college vacation it ia particularly quiet
not to say sleepy. Still it il nice place
for city folks to come to during this gWfu
weather for rest and quiet, and | am happy
10 say that number Of your Wheeling
people appreciate this iact. Some Of them
have been coming here summer after sum.
mer, and the more they come the more
they like to come. II Ia convenient TO
their homes and is easily reached, and
when reached there is plenty OF everything
good. Such ~ good air, good water, good
food, and charming and romantic acenery.
What more could city people want, desi.
rous OF eeason OF freedom from heat,
noise and confusion Z,
Then, too, it is an economical place to
summer in. The prices paid for board arc
scarcely half what many of your people
pay ut country resorts on top OF the noun
tains, where they have no batter accom-
modationB, II as good. We have a daily
stage line to Wellsburg, where We connect
with all the world by rail, and we get the
daily malls and all the news at four
O'Clock every evening. With plenty Of
books, plenty Of msgszines and papers,
plenty Of time to eat and sleep, and no
strain on us to FIX up much Tor company,
why shouldn't we be happy in the shade
when the sun is boiling up all the req. OF
the country. y.
Az you know, Bethany is an old place
in name, although the college and the
village did,not exist here up to half cen
fury ago. Still there was pustoflica and
an old mansion house here that went by
the name OF "'Bothany."'t This WAS the
home OF the lato Alexander Campbell.
The old maneion etill stands here and Ia
still in the family, and this day on which
I write Is the Anniversary OF Mr.. Camp.
bell second marriage. II you have fls
Of the old Wellsburg Gazette OF August !,
1925. you will find therein tho following
marriage notice: q =. 4
M!xaIED-on Thursday evening. by tho Rev. Ell.
ward smith, Bishop Alexander Campbell, OF Beth.
any, to Miss Selma aaeewel Of this town. ia
l am sitting In the presence Of this
bride OF ffty.nine years ago to-day, now
an old lady of eighty.ive, and i am inter
essed In hearing hertell Of thcae old times
in which Hha began her eventiul career as
mistress OF this fam Gus old home, where
so many distinguished people from all
parts OF Europe and America have been
so Hospitality entertained.
Just how old this ancien. mansion is
would be hard to I say, but dates back
into the last century, and was at one time
the home Of a Mr. Brown, who was the
father Of Mr.. Campbelt's first wife. The
nails in its white weather boarding are
wrought naila, made in tho days when
eueh things we're forged by the hammer
and anvil OF the s.village blacksmith" 2 and
when they wore expensive Inquiries. The
boards into which they are driven are
still sound, as Ia all the general woodwork
Of the house. In tho void parlor,n as it is
called, the doors still swing on their long,
old.fashioned hinges, and overhead is the
game pine ceiling that has looked down
on SO many gatherings Of family and
friends. This old parlor waa the place
where prayer and praiae erstwont;to be
made, for here 1t was that the household
assembled, domestics Gnd all, white and
black, ut morning and evening, to hear a
chapter read, a hymn sung and prayer OF.
tered. And this custom tstill prevails,
kept up: by this aged and deyoted wife
and mother, whose 10Y it ia all the 'day
long to talk Of the "better landni to which
nearly all her cotemporaneou5 kindred
and RcQuaintanceH have gone. Is y "a 4 H ~
The place belongs to Mrs. DecimR Bar.
clay, OF Alabama, who spends her sum.
mora here with her mother. She was MI.
Campbell's tenth child, hence her name
OF Declma. It is part Of her mission here
each year to rejuyenate the old home,
while preserving all it's essential features.
It mover looked more attractive than 1t
does to-day under the loyal caro- and good
taste OF this worthy daughter. The new
mingles with the old in all her improve.
mente, and oil Of her fathers ancient
irienda would feel, could they come back
here, that they were in the same old house.
aR happy to tell you that the pfoE-
poets OF the college for the coming session
are good. There seetds to be a 70 .awaken>
ing Of interest in the old institution. Why
is Wheeling not more largely represented
within its walls 2 IT ia an inexpensive
place togo to school and good plGce to
got an excellent education. ID ~ c.aS
Al Bethany Brooke county, W "a, Jn'y 81.
Toilet vyntors j..1
impart delightful GOODNESS snd fragrance
to the basin and bath. Colgate & Co.'s
are the standard. ~